Community foundation · Registered charity 1047625
Point North: grants and who they fund
Point North published 1,819 grants to organisations from 2 Oct 2023 to 30 Mar 2026, worth £13.7m in total. The typical (median) grant was £4,050, and County Durham 052E was the area funded most often.
Stated aims
What the charity says it does (Charity Commission register):
County Durham Community Foundation promotes lasting charitable giving, by bringing together donors with their chosen causes, through well targeted grants that make a genuine difference to the lives of local people within the communities of County Durham & Darlington.
Charitable objects (governing document):
2.1. The Charity is established for the support or promotion of:2.1.1. any charitable purposes for the relief of poverty (including training for employment or work) or any other charitable purpose for the benefit of the community with a preference to the community in the area of the County of Durham and Tees Valley and the North East2.1.2. such other exclusively charitable purpose in the United Kingdom and elsewhere which are in the opinion of the Trustees of benefit to the community including but not limited to the community in the area of the County of Durham and Tees Valley and the North East.2.2. …
Where it operates (Charity Commission register):
- Throughout England and Wales
- Scotland
Grant sizes
Grants to organisations from 2 Oct 2023 to 30 Mar 2026. Smallest £100, largest £259k, average £7,509.
| Grant size | Grants | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Under £1,000 | 124 | 7% |
| £1,000 to £4,999 | 943 | 52% |
| £5,000 to £9,999 | 507 | 28% |
| £10,000 to £49,999 | 203 | 11% |
| £50,000 to £99,999 | 29 | 2% |
| £100,000 to £249,999 | 10 | 1% |
| £250,000 or more | 3 | 0% |
| Year | Grants | Total |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 159 | £1.3m |
| 2025 | 592 | £5.5m |
| 2024 | 818 | £5.6m |
| 2023 | 250 | £1.3m |
Grant programmes
Programmes named most often in the published grants.
| Programme | Grants | Median grant |
|---|---|---|
| Community Grants Funding Programme | 294 | £5,000 |
| Welcome Spaces | 195 | £2,991 |
| Donor Direct Support Funding | 152 | £2,041 |
| Household Support Fund | 120 | £15k |
| Banks Property Grassroots Fund | 97 | £2,000 |
| Darlington Building Society | 57 | £5,000 |
| CEO Sleepout | 57 | £1,586 |
| NHS Health Improvement Fund | 41 | £7,389 |
Example recipients
Registered organisations that received grants, largest first. Organisations only: grants to individuals are never shown.
| Organisation | Grants | Total | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|
| Durham County Carers Support | 4 | £476k | 16 Oct 2025 |
| Building Self-belief CIO | 21 | £450k | 12 Mar 2026 |
| East Durham Partnership | 4 | £407k | 9 Jul 2025 |
| Preston & Abbey Community Trust | 4 | £326k | 15 Jul 2025 |
| County Durham Furniture Help Scheme | 3 | £275k | 9 Jul 2025 |
| Durham Christian Partnership | 1 | £255k | 23 May 2024 |
| Lifeline Community Action (LCA) | 12 | £231k | 29 Jan 2026 |
| East Durham Community Development Trust Ltd | 3 | £221k | 9 Jun 2025 |
| Burnhope Community Centre | 14 | £219k | 8 Jan 2026 |
| Bridge Creative Enterprise CIC | 8 | £189k | 8 Jan 2026 |
| PACT House Stanley | 10 | £187k | 10 Jul 2025 |
| Upper Teesdale Agricultural Support Services (UTASS) | 10 | £181k | 8 Jan 2026 |
| NE Youth Ltd | 5 | £176k | 4 Mar 2026 |
| Bullion Community Resource Centre | 13 | £141k | 19 Jan 2026 |
| Grantshouse Development Company Limited | 5 | £132k | 20 Nov 2025 |
Areas funded
Beneficiary locations given in the grant data, by number of grants.
| Area | Grants |
|---|---|
| County Durham 052E | 30 |
| Darlington 008F | 28 |
| County Durham 049A | 25 |
| County Durham 010E | 25 |
| County Durham 011B | 23 |
| Darlington 001D | 22 |
| County Durham 025B | 19 |
| County Durham 006E | 18 |
| County Durham 004A | 17 |
| County Durham 019E | 17 |
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Source: grants data published by Point North through 360Giving (GrantNav data, fetched 23 Oct 2026), licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0). Figures are our own summary of that data: 1,819 grants to organisations awarded 2 Oct 2023 to 30 Mar 2026 (from the most recent records published). Stated aims, charity number and areas of operation are from the Charity Commission register.
Licence: Contains public sector information from the Charity Commission for England and Wales, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Open Government Licence v3.0. Grants data from Point North, CC BY 4.0.
Last updated: 23 October 2026. Information only, not funding advice; check the funder's own guidance before applying. Brightbench is not connected to Point North.